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#70 Phantom Thief Dauphin (14) - A Plausible Excuse
“From this moment on, the guard force is withdrawing from the crackdown on Dauphin.”
At Guard Commander Bover's order, the platoon leaders of Rebruk were all stunned.
“Pull out? You mean we’re not supposed to catch Dauphin anymore?”
“It’s been the guard force that has been fighting Dauphin all this time!”
The platoon leaders' protests made Bover's brow furrow.
Ever since arriving in Rebruk, he had been in a foul mood, and the fact that he had been dragged all the way here to fill in for some incompetent company commander in the first place made his irritation all the more obvious.
So, without bothering to soften it, he said it outright.
“It was Knight Commander Sarnos's order. He said we’d only get in the way if we stayed, so we should move aside completely. Do I need to explain any further?”
“…….”...
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